Awning for auto door windows



Aug-6,1929. J. M. RALSTON izT AL 1,723,707

AWNING FOR AUTO DOOR WINDOWS Filed Avg. 19, 1923 I nventons Patented Aug. 6, 1929.

UNETED fiTATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMIE-ES IvI. RALSION AND BOYD F. DAVENPORT, OF RANGER, TEXAS.

AVINING FOI-t AUTO DOOR WINDOVS.

Application filed August 19, 1926.

This in'ventioiii relates to awnings for the wincows of closed automobile doors, and has for its primary ohject to substantially improve upon the type of mention shown and led in our co-ponding; application, No. 109,292, filed it [thy 15th, 1926. To attainment of this end we hare provided a door construction wherein the upper end icreof formed. with a boxing within. which controlled awning roller ed one o d of an awning strip awning strip may position, means icing; provides for facii Q the withdrawrl of awning strip from the boxing; and inaintainino' the same in proper relationship with the automobile door window.

lfhe improved awning cc istruction is of such a nature not to detract from the zip pearance of the automobile reg ard e x of whether or not the awning; strip is in or endcd or retracted position; The main disadvantages of automohile door window awnings new in use is th t the same include a great number of struc ,ral elements that are neeessarilr' assi'iciated with the automobile door in siich a manner as to considerably affect the ain'iearance of the car.

In the d roaring wherein like reference charactors indicate correspending parts throughoutthe several ViOWSI Figure l a fragmentary outer side elevation of a closed illlilOil'lUlJllG door that is constructed and equipped in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a detail vertical section thereof, the awning being disclosed. in fully retracted position, and v I Figure 3 is a similar VlOW disclosing the awning in fully extended position.

New having particular reference to the drawing, 5 designates a door of a closed auto mobile, the upper end of which is formed with a frame 6 within which is vertically slid able a glass pane 7, the door nroper being constructed as is well known, to receive this g l pane when the same is lowered as clearly disclosed in Figure In carrying out the present invention we construct the window frame 6 of the door with horizontal boxing 8 at the upper end of the window frame, the inner side Serial No. 130,248.

wall of this boxing being hinged or ren'iorahle so as to permit access to the interior oi the boxing. Arranged at opposite ends within theboiiingb are vertically extending shade roller brackets 9-9 preferably of spring steel, the same bein as to receive the usual pi ntles upon the opposite ends of a spring controlled curtain. rollor 10 that is similar in all respects to the conventional curtain roller with the exception that no means is provided for preventing the rotation of the roller in a winding direction.

Secured at one end to the roller 10 is an awning strip ii, the free end of which is guided throi gh a horizontal slot 12 in the bottonii wall of the boxing 8 at the outer side of the glass pane 7, Figures 2 and Arranged at the forward edge of this slot is a horizontal roller 13 to pern'iitof the free moveniient of the awning strip into or out of the honing.

Piwtally secured to the vertical posts of the window frame 6 substantially interme diate the ends thereof are the side arms l'iir fl of a relatively U-shaped :t'rame 15 to the horizontal portion of which attached the free end of the awning strip 11. Disposed upon the inner sides of the vertical. posts of the window frame (3 at the piroted ends of the side arms 14: of said frame are spring latch plates 16-16 over which the side arms of the frame 15 will pass when the same is swung downwardly into the horizontal position shown in Figure 3 for obvioi'lsly maintaining the awning strip extended against the action of the spring roller.

It will thus be seen that we have provided ahighly novel, simple and ellicicnt form of awning constructitni for automobile door windows that will not do Tract from the appearance of the "or regardless of whether or not the awning is extended or retracted, and also wherein the awning); may lo extemled even thou ah the window is entirely closed.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure lay Letters Patent is In combination, a v irtically swinging; arm pivoted. at one end on a suliiport, and a spring latch secured on the support to secure the Vertically swinging arm in a horizontally disposed position, said spring latch comprising a lat-ch plate constructed of spring metal and lowered out of or into engagement with the secured at its upper end, the lower free end keeper respectively. portion of the plate being formed into a keep In testimony whereof we afiix our signaer for receiving the adjacentportion of the tures.

5 pivoted arm, and a nose portion formed directly above said keeper over which the piv- JAMES M. RALSTON. oted arm is forcibly moved when raised or BOYD F. DAVENPORT. 

